St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
"LIFE's INVISIBLE FORCES,
The Title of a Sermon Preached by
Rev. Nh. ID. shutter,

At the Church OF the Redeemer, in the
evening, Rev. Mr.. Shutter preached the
following sermon, taking for his text Heb.
XII, 81:
From the attractions of royalty. from high
places or honor and power Moses turned
away. An invisible goal was before him,
the liberation and enlightenment of his
people. the triumph of freedom and Justice.
Towards that goal he was led by all I'M
seen hand. He endured as seeing Him
who is invisible"
The greatest and best things of life are
the things we do not see. which our hands
cannot handle. which cannot be weighed
and measured, whose price cannot be COM
puted. Justice, truth, love, sincerity,
righteousness courage, gentleness, purity
all that goes into what We call character
these invisible qualities are highest and
strongest and best. However one may
grovel however he may be engrossed in
material things, there are lucid intervals
when he feels that he is not what he should
be, that there is something else he would
attain. Now and then the plan of God
rises before us. To help us attain the
measure of the stature Of its fulness" are
certain invisible forces.
Jesus tried to teach us all our oneness
with God. The great men who have
moved the world. who have wrought mar
wells in the plogreSS of the race, have felt
themselves controlled and guided by an un.
seen power Let any one feel that ne is
encOmpasSed by God, that he is permitted
by God, that he is one with the Father,
and his life and thought must take higher
tone. ''Ye are the temple of God; let no
man detile the temple of God"
Another of these invisible forces is con-
science. In one of the religious books of
the Hindoos certain king who had de-
serted his wife and son is thus addressed by
the forsaken woman: IF you think [ am
alone you do not know that wise man
within your heart. He knows of your evil
deed. In His sight you commit sin. A
man who has committed sin may think that
no one knows it. The Gods know it and
the old man Within" There is no escaping
the grip OF this unseen hand. We may sin
against conscience, may steel our hearts to
its sword thruStS but it is still there. 1t
holds its ground. If we do not heed its
still small voice, it will finally speak in
tempest and earthquake.
There are other invisible influences. Let
me speak to the young. How many eyes
ure fixed upon you! How many hopes are
centered in you! How many high expecta-
tons entertained of you! How many
friends you have have who believe in
you! Are you all they think you?
Are you on your way to all they
hope for you? Opinions may change,
views of life may change, but see to it that
your honor and manhood do not rot away.
Be true to the best ideals formed for you
in the brain and heart of love!
The memory of our dead shall help us.
How sweet the influences that come from
the tombs of those we lost for moment, 10
find again every day. They are the best
and strongest forces in life. They hold us
to honor and manhood and virtue. We
think OF all that was good in them. and it
touches all that is good in ourselves. Their
wishes, once disregarded. we now sacredly
fulfill. Prayers that once fell unanswered
from their lips, blossom and bear fruit over
their ashes Admonitions and precepts to
which we once turned deaf ear stir our
blood like trumpet. TO be what they
would have had us. becomes our aim. Be
true to the hopes OF the living; be true to
the ideals of the dead.